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I just want to copy a folder tree to another place like this:
cp -avr /blah/blah/htdocs ./
but I got error:
cp: the -R and -r options may not be specified together.
I followed this tutorial: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/copy-folder-linux-command-line/ It's about Linux, while I am using Mac. I found I can work around by using -avR instead. However, I am wondering why -avr could result in the odd error on Mac.
Rob L
Posted 2014-02-17T13:04:59.540
Reputation: 621
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OS X is not Linux, but closer to BSD. According to the man page, there's no -r switch on cp for OS X. There used to be one, yet:
Historic versions of the cp utility had a -r option. This implementation supports that option; however, its use is strongly discouraged, as it does not correctly copy special files, symbolic links, or fifo's.
Daniel B
Posted 2014-02-17T13:04:59.540
Reputation: 40 502
2
This works for me:
$ cp -iprv SOURCE NEWDIRECTORY
Thanks to http://befused.com/freebsd/copy-directory
-iprv are options for the cp command:
- i - Interactive. Prompt you if overwriting any files
- p - Preserve file attributes like date, time, etc
- r - Recursive. Will copy subdirectories
- v - Verbose. Show you each file as it is copied in the command line console
bdanin
Posted 2014-02-17T13:04:59.540
Reputation: 121